Forgive for Good Workshop
Ho'okahi no la'au lapa'au, o ka mihi ~ The First Remedy is Forgiveness

When

Wednesday, March 25, 2020 from 8:00 AM to 3:30 PM HST (Registration: 8:00 - 8:30 AM)
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Where

Oahu Veterans Center - Sullivan Hall 
1298 Kukila Street
Honolulu, HI 96818
 

 
Driving Directions 

No Fee

Registration Deadline

Monday March 18, 2020

Bento Lunch will be provided

Please bring your own water/coffee for the day

Onsite Parking available

ADAD CEs

6.5 CEs approved

 

Contact

Susan Oka 
Hawaii Pacific Center for Excellence 
808-545-3228 ext. 38 
soka@drugfreehawaii.org 
The State of Hawaii Department of Human Services invites you to a workshop on Oahu to promote forgiveness life skill training.

Forgive for Good Workshop
presented by
Fred Luskin, Ph.D.
former director of the Stanford Forgiveness Projects

Participants at this workshop will learn the basics of forgiveness methods developed by the Stanford Forgiveness Projects.  Participants will be able to:

Objectives

  • Learn the basics of forgiveness methods and gain an understanding of the process and components of grievance and forgiveness related both to self and others.
  • Learn simple techniques of facilitating self-change and emerge with an enhanced repertoire of forgiveness skills to help others.
  • Have an increased understanding of the mind body connection and how it relates to emotional and physical wellbeing.
  • Learn the 9 steps of forgiveness.

Special Guest Luncheon Speaker
Thao Le, Ph.D., Associate Professor
University of Hawaii at Manoa
presents
MINDFULNESS 1.0

Learn about the foundational principles of the mindfulness practice and the link between mindfulness, Aloha, Ho‘oponopono, and Native Hawaiian epistemology/spirituality.

Dr. Luskin holds a Ph.D. in Counseling and Health Psychology from Stanford University. He is the Co-Director of the Stanford-Northern Ireland HOPE Project, an ongoing series of workshops and research projects that investigate the effectiveness of his forgiveness methods on the victims of political violence. He served as the Director of the Stanford Forgiveness Projects, the largest research projects to date on the training and measurement of a forgiveness intervention. He currently works as a Senior Fellow at the Stanford Center on Conflict and Negotiation.

Thao N. Le, PhD, MPH is currently associate professor in the Human Development & Family Studies program at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Uncle Bruce Keaulani whom she collaborates with to conduct mindfulness-based training infused with Native Hawaiian epistemology/spirituality calls her Kale‘a (overflowing joy).  The aim of these trainings is cultivate caring, connection, and competence for lifelong resiliency, and as an offering of physical and emotional places of refuge.

SPONSORED BY
DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES & COALITION FOR A DRUG-FREE HAWAII